4 The Black Crystal and The Dog...

The Red, white and yellow users had already been in the crowd for a long time. They had got information that many talented magicians had enrolled in this school this year, and they suspected that the burglar may be one of them. "What is with this paper test?" said Yellow.

"I think it was easy..." said White.

"Why can't it be? You have always liked reading history and science since you were a kid... "

In the meantime, Rohan and his crowd reached the next exam centre. Upon reaching their destination, they saw something strange. Everyone was wondering about the big crystal that was kept floating and revolving on an orbicular stand. There was one more round stand on the top and those two held the middle one in its position. These holders were covered in blue and some minute particles seemed to be moving from the top and bottom towards the centre. The middle one seemed to be a combination of two pyramids united together by their bases. Robin said, "Hey Simon, do you have any idea about this object?"

"NO, but I have a hunch that it has to be done something with our next test."

A teacher appeared from the back of the crystal out of the blues."Hello everyone and welcome you all to the Power Control test. In this test, we will calculate your magic potent and this will be your second test. "

Someone from the crowd raised a question, "Mam, what is this crystal doing here?"

"Haaa... I am getting to this one only. This will calculate your magic potential. " Everyone was surprised. Different thoughts ran across their minds about the crystal.

"This is just a piece of cake. I will call everyone by their names and each one of you will come here, face the crystal, raise your right hand towards it and focus on the crystal. The crystal will automatically calculate your power instantly by showing one of the three colours with the amount of your magic potent. Yellow for low-power ones, green for average magicians, and red for skilled magicians. So, now I will call you by name and he/she will come here. So, the first name is... "She checked the list in her hand and called, "Mohan..."

"Yes... Yes, mam" and he went forward and held his hand towards the crystal. Suddenly, the transparent crystal changed its colour to transparent green and it bore on it the number 2007. Yet, he seemed to be somewhat relieved. He thought, "Oh.. at least it didn't turn yellow." and went back.

"Next, Susan"

"Yes, mam," he said without hesitation.

Similarly, he went forward and held his hand towards it. He focused on it. However, in the case of Susan, the colour changed to red and it boor 10753. Everyone was taken by surprise and Susan felt more proud of herself. Consequently, for another student, it turned either red, green or yellow.

But in this case, the aliens' colours changed to white, yellow and red and they bore the numbers 15005, 17000 and 16000. The teacher was a little surprised to see that the crystal changed to white and yellow when the powers were high enough. Everyone was surprised and the teacher thought that the current crop would be very interesting. However, Susan thought that there were even some people who were capable of challenging him.

Finally, Rohan was called. He was trembling from top to bottom, but gathered some courage to stop himself from shaking. He was filled with fear only thinking about how much power he possessed.

"Yes.... mom..." Before his departure, his pack tried to give him some more courage so he would feel that he was not alone.

He reached there finally, raised his hands like the others, and focused his power on the mysterious crystal. Suddenly, the crystal began to tremble heavily and looked as if it was going to fall off the stands. And all of a sudden, the crystal turned dark black. It was pure black in colour with no transparency and contained some white dots on it. However, the most shocking fact was that it bore 'NULL' on all its four sides, and after some time, the black crystal got torn down into pieces and the holders of the crystal even lost their blue colour. The holders are grey in colour now. Everyone was severely shocked, including the examiner herself, at the sight. She had never seen this before in her whole career of twenty-three years. She said by looking at the destruction, "Such power... This crystal has been standing here for several hundred years without any scratches and it turned down to dust in no time!!! How could it happen? " Rohan was filled with fear from top to bottom by looking at the sight. His enemy, Susan, was more scared than anyone in the room. The one whom he was bulling had turned the crystal into pieces of dust.

"I think I need to report this incident. And you will need to meet us at the principal's cabinet after the end of the entrance examination. " Rohan was now counting his days at school, though he hadn't done anything wrong. However, the alien suit users began to doubt him.

"Could it be that this boy is that black suit thief?" thought white.

After this incident, the power test ended and everyone walked outside the exam centre. They were now required to go to the back of the school's main building where an underground room would be held. While walking towards the next centre, everyone was whispering about Rohan. "That boy had destroyed the crystal..."

"Yeah. Does he possess such powers or did he play dirt with the test? "

Such whispering made Rohan feel quite uncomfortable, though he had done nothing wrong.

When they reached the doors of the underground room, the gates suddenly slid apart from each other and it was completely dark inside. Suddenly, the light began to light up on both sides of the underground stairway and a voice said, "Everyone come down." All the students followed the voice and began to walk down the stairs till the end. The staircase itself, including the wall, was made of steel and it seemed that some magical spells had been cast on them for some reason. However, the spells could not be sensed by low-graded ones. When they reached the end of the staircase, a big steel entrance could be seen with a big screen fitted on top. All of a sudden, the monitor went on the face of a bulky teacher who could be seen by everyone. " Welcome everyone to the last and final test of your entrance exam. I think that you all have your MCs along with you. In this test, you will require them. All you have to do is to attack this dog's hologram depicted on the screen. With your MC and your combination of magical and physical strength, you have to attack this creature and the machines will analyse your output.

However, the dog's hologram was connected to an original alien dog species with the magical powers of the examiner. It had the physical appearance of a normal Earth street dog, but it had a single piece of long cloth winding around his two front legs and the middle part went around his neck. The piece of cloth seemed to be flying in the air and the dog was sitting on the ground with chains on it.

The dog thought, "Hahaha, these fellow creatures have been holding me here for hundreds of years. But in these past years, I have collected a huge amount of magical mana from these test students, and after this year's test, I will be powerful enough to break these barriers and to take revenge on these creatures who have kept me here so long. Come serve me and make me more powerful with your mana. "

This alien dog was captured by one of the legendary magicians who was born on this planet. He fought a great battle with it and ultimately was able to defeat this one with his magical powers.

The teacher continued, "So, I have told you every rule about the test and one by one will go inside on my call and attack the dog. Don't fear the dog will not backfire and you will get your power rating on the screen set inside, including this one.

"Mohan."

"Aaaaah, I did it again," he thought.

"Yes... Sir."He said.

"I think it's your luck," said Simon, in a way of taunting.

"Ooooh, shut up, Simon." with a deep sigh.

The front doors opened and Mohan went inside the room. When he walked into the room, the back doors instantly closed and everything was black except for the blue hologram and the blue water.

The floor was covered with some magical water. However, it didn't cause any problems with mobility. "What is this? Ah, leave it. " He took out his glove from his multidimensional pouch and wore it on his right and set it up for the attack. Then he made himself ready for the attack and ran towards it with all his strength. On his run, he said, "Moran..." and his glove suddenly turned green in colour. At the final stage, he jumped and punched the nose of the dog with his right hand. However, the hologram didn't move, rather Mohan flew away high up in the air and fell far away from the dog on the ground. But he didn't get any hurt. He thought, "Ouch... Ah! I haven't got any injuries. It is because of this blue water, "he was surprised by the fact.

After a moment, his analysis was completed and the screen bore the number 3086.

Mohan seemed to be extremely happy with his achievement. The doors opened again and he went outside. Everyone was congratulating him on his labour. "Next Susan." Now everyone was wondering how much they would score. Just like in the case of Mohan, Susan went inside the room and the doors closed. He too took out his MC from his multidimensional pocket this time. It seemed to be a grey-coloured sword with a brown handle. Susan braced himself for the attack and the sword began to glow with a dazzling white light. Everyone was wondering about the sudden white light. Susan began to run towards the dog, said, "Waram..." and aimed at its foot and made an attempt. His sword just went through the legs of the hologram, but in his mind he was able to withstand the aftereffects. The screen now bores the number 10004.

Everyone was astonished by his achievement again. The doors opened up again and Suan went outside to see everyone. Upon his return, everyone began to praise him for his talent. However, the dog was enjoying himself the most as he was able to collect more and more mana as it was near to fulfilling its requirements.

Others also did quite well, but the aliens were even more powerful and they scored 18000, 19000 and 20000 respectively.

"Ahhh.... just one more and I will be free," it thought.

"Next, Rohan," said the man. Again, at last, Rohan was called. Rumours again began to run among the crowd about the crystal and how much he would score. This time too, the doors opened and he went inside. When the door was closed, he was standing alone in front of the dog. However, he tried not to show his fears in front of everyone. Seeing his emotions, Susan thought that this time he would surely insult himself. Rohan didn't have any MC as he had not found any suitable for him. His potential either lets the MCs get burned or destroyed. So he closed his eyes and began to run towards the dog.

"Is he trying to hit it with his bare hands?" asked one of the students outside.

"Ah, after this... no wait! Am I sensing something wrong? Such power, such potential, is he... No wait, don't come near me... " The dog began to shudder as he sensed strong mana power from him. As Rohan approached him, the dog began to feel more and more scared of him. On the other hand, Susan thought, "What is this fool thinking about? Is he going to strike me with his hands? " After something, he even tried to move away from the place, but could not break the barrier as he needed some more mana. But he suddenly began to feel that he would really die from this boy's attack. Rohan continued his run and was feeling that this time he would really be a matter of a joke. He thought, "If I could have some power..." However, the dog's intuition about death continued to grow in leaps and bounds. So, to save his life, he initiated a backfire through his hologram. He opened his mouth during the last phase of Rohan's attack. And when Rohan hit it in his mouth, where it was backfiring, suddenly all the screens went off. "Ahh, what happened?" Everyone was tense and worried about the results, including the aliens.

All at once, the screens went back online. And the dog was found to be turned upside down. Everyone was surprised, including the teacher. Seeing the dog's estate, the teacher came running down from the observatory to the hall and when he reached, he found that the dog was dead. He could sense its fading mana. The screens had now been showing Rohan's analysis and the 9s continued to fill the screen from corner to corner. When the screens were full of 9s', it changed its frame and showed the absurd result again, i.e the word---' NULL'.

Everyone was astounded and Susan even became more afraid of him. And the doubt of the other suit users became even deeper.

"What is this?" shouted Susan.

Actually, after it initiated backfired, he left his physical body so that he could be safe and reduced the impact with the mana that it had collected till now to safeguard him. However, in the case of Rohan, the black suit had shown his powers again. To defend his user and to fulfill his needs, it had covered Rohan's hand with its black colour and gave immense power to his punch, which had not only prevented Rohan from the attack but also killed the physical body of the dog along with the barriers.

However, this time the teacher didn't say anything. not even scolded him for his actions. He said, "You can go now..."

Rohan was surprised by his reaction. "Really sir...?"

"Yeah, but I have to report it to the principal." He left the room. After his departure, the gates opened and, without any more words, he went outside.

On the other hand, in the Principal's Cabin, an old man was sitting with Histon. They were having a cup of Japanese tea. "So this is the case..." said Histon with a frown on his face.

"I think you have understood it head to tail," replied the old man.

"Sir, sir!!!" said a voice outside the door of the cabin.

"Come in!" After getting his permission, she rushed into the cabinet and was panting for breath.

"One student!... One student! ... has destroyed the ancient old test crystal and killed the dog who was kept under the seals till now. "

The principal was quite shocked but seemed to know this would happen. Then he turned his face towards him and asked the old man, "So, it has begun..."

The old man didn't reply but gave a big smile in return.